Plant Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BOLDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CRYPTODORINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ISODOMESTICINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LINALOOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-N-METHYL-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NANDIGERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NEOLITSINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NOR-ISODOMESTICINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antialzheimeran?	3	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamebic	1	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Antianaphylactic	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic	1	Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	46	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer	11	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.